Every "Into the Dark" episode is supposed to either take place during or be based on a specific holiday that occurs during the month it premieres. In "Pooka Lives" , one of the characters says that Pooka looks like "an evil Easter Bunny", but other than that, no other reference is made to Easter and there's absolutely no indication at all in the film that it takes place during that holiday or that it takes place in April.
Felicia Day, who plays Molly, is also in a movie called "Chasing Molly"(2019).
In a 2020 interview with Fresh Fiction TV, Alejandro Brugués spoke in detail about a specific scene involving a Pooka night lamp: "That scene had a very complicated practical effect, which was the night lamp. The Pooka eyes have to land right on the monster. We shot that part first because if you shoot the rest of the scene and the effect doesn't work, you don't have anything. I was the one wearing a Pooka head. So, I stood in the corner wearing the Pooka head, to show where I wanted the eyes to land. Once we have that, it cranks up the tension.
Now, I can be a pain in the a**, and I was. I love Jonah Ray, who plays the father, Matt. I love Felicia Day, who plays the mother, Molly, too. But Jonah had to walk in the room and look around. I was the one who was acting as his daughter behind the camera, because the little girl wasn't there anymore. I was screaming all kinds of stupid stuff to get a reaction out of him, like: 'Up your a**!' He was great and did a great job.
Then you move on from the rehearsal period to the film stage. I like to run the set in a way where you can have happy accidents. When Jonah jumps over the bed and wraps himself in the bedsheets, that was a happy accident. He jumped and got all tangled up. I loved it and asked him to do it for the next ten takes. So, yeah. It's one of those things where you put it together as you go along, and it feels good. When a film feels good, you know it's going to work."
Matt (Jonah Ray) is watching a zombie movie. Jonah Ray is a huge zombie fan.